The horizontal line represents the person’s life.1522 - born1567 - “A Collection of Councils”1618 - “The
Lives of the Saints”1569 - “A
History of his Own Times from 1500 to 1566”1578 - died

Surius, Laurentius

, a voluminous compiler, was
born at Lubeck in 1522, and entered the Carthusian order
in that city, where he became celebrated for his virtues
and learning. He died May 25, 1578, at Cologn, aged
fifty-six. The principal among his numerous works are,
“A Collection of Councils,” 1567, 4 vols. fol.; “The
Lives of the Saints,” Cologn, 1618, 7 vols. fol.; and “A
History of his Own Times from 1500 to 1566,” 1569, 8vo;
translated into French, 1573, 8vo. Surius did not want
learning, but those of his own communion are willing to
allow that he gave credit blindly to fables, and was deficient in critical knowledge. 2

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